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Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show, Tom Dott, senior vice president for commercial banking at First Business Bank talks about the recent statewide...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Fiserv will move its HQ to downtown Milwaukee
Banking technology company Fiserv will move its corporate headquarters from Brookfield to downtown Milwaukee, according to an announcement today. As part of its new headquarters project the company plans to add 250 jobs there over five years and make a $40 million...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wipfli acquires Kentucky-based business consulting firm
Wauwatosa-based accounting and advisory firm Wipfli announced this week it has entered into an agreement to acquire Louisville, Kentucky-based Oliver Group. The Oliver Group provides clients with business consulting and services. Terms of the deal, which is expected...
WEDC: Fiserv Affirms Commitment to Wisconsin with Selection of New Global Headquarters Location in Downtown Milwaukee
Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV), a global technology leader and provider of payments and financial services solutions, today joined with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson to announce the expansion of its decades-long commitment to Wisconsin with...
InsideWis: Hydrogen has pros and cons, but clean energy potential is there
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It’s the most abundant element in the universe, making up about 75% of all matter, and it may hold the key to a future of abundant clean energy. It’s also difficult to store in a pure state; corrodes and weakens metals; is expensive to...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin gets middle of the pack ranking for state business tax climate
Wisconsin ranks 27th for business tax competitiveness, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index report. The 10 best states for tax competitiveness, according to the Tax Foundation, are: Wyoming South Dakota Alaska...
PR Newswire: Georgia-Pacific and gener8tor Welcome Their Third Cohort of Startup Companies to 1915 Studios
Georgia-Pacific, in partnership with global venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor, has kicked off its third 1915 Studios gBETA accelerator program. Welcoming four new startup companies to its fall cohort, Georgia-Pacific's 1915 Studios enables the success of...
WisBusiness: African markets seen as export opportunity for Wisconsin companies
The head of Milwaukee’s Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company says African markets present a huge export opportunity for Wisconsin businesses. Steve Wallace, the company’s president and founder, yesterday discussed demographic and social trends that make Africa such an...
‘Panther Partnering’ aims to simplify IP deals with UW-Milwaukee researchers
The UW-Milwaukee Research Foundation has launched a new program, “Panther Partnering,” to attract more research funding in the form of industry sponsorships and to boost the number of university innovations that break into the marketplace. Major elements of “Panther...
WisBusiness: Engineering dean speaks to opportunities, challenges of hydrogen
The dean of UW-Madison’s College of Engineering says hydrogen represents a significant opportunity for Wisconsin’s economy as the country moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But Ian Robertson also said society isn’t ready yet for widespread adoption of clean...
MKE Startup News: LeaseCrunch Eases Lease Accounting Changes
To understand the runaway success of Milwaukee-based LeaseCrunch, you have to know a little bit about accounting. Most businesses are required to follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Commonly known as GAAP, these standards are put forth by the Financial...
Experienced ‘treps, investors on hand Nov. 9 for six panels at 2022 Early Stage Symposium
Some of the most active entrepreneurs, investors and service experts from Wisconsin and beyond will take part in informative panel discussions during the first day of the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. The in-person conference, which continues Thursday,...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is awarded 65 electric school buses. They could reduce costs, CO2 and asthma.
Wisconsin is set to get 65 new electric school buses with federal funds ― reportedly the first ever electric school buses in the state, which has lagged behind others in adopting them. Districts that applied for funds were picked in a lottery system. Milwaukee Public...
PR Newswire: Vivid Microscopy’s technology detects stages of cardiac microvascular disease using an animal-based model as demonstrated in a University of Louisville study
Vivid Microscopy, an emerging biotech company in the United States, today announced the successful use of its high content screening probe, SEMKUR-IM, in a study conducted by the University of Louisville on coronary microvascular disease (CMD) in post-menopausal...
Madison Startups: Cellular Logistics Earns $337K SBIR Grant
Cellular Logistics announced recently that it is the recipient of a second Phase I SBIR Grant through the National Institutes of Health, this one worth $337,000. According to a release, the money will be used to further evaluate the functional immune and angiogenic...
WisconsinEye: WI Technology Council: Wisconsin’s Hydrogen Economy
On October 25, 2022, the Wisconsin Tech Council held an Innovation Network luncheon on how 10 Midwest states and private partners are working to make hydrogen an affordable, safe and carbon-free energy option. The event features UW-Madison Engineering Dean Ian...
BizTimes Milwaukee: GenoPalate raises $5.6 million to expand product offerings
Wauwatosa-based GenoPalate, Inc., a nutritional genomics company, has raised $5.6 million during the initial phase of its $10.6 million equity financing round. The funding will be used to expand the company’s product offerings. The funding will also be used to improve...
Wisconsin ‘teams’ competing for NSF grants to take stage Nov. 10 at Early Stage Symposium
The “Regional Innovation Engine” program of the National Science Foundation is a nationwide effort to turn promising research into economic growth, jobs and enduring partnerships involving a mix of regional players. Leaders of three Wisconsin coalitions that have...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Without more people moving to Wisconsin, its workforce may shrink by 130K by 2030
Without more people moving to Wisconsin, the state’s working age population is expected to shrink by about 130,000 people within eight years. That’s according to a recent report by Forward Analytics, the research arm of the Wisconsin Counties Association. The report...
Wisconsin Ag Connection: Dairy Innovation Hub Releases Annual Report
More than 130 projects have been funded so far across the participating Wisconsin college campuses of the Dairy Innovation Hub. That's according to the group's latest annual report, which was released this week by Faculty Director Dr. Heather White. "Having positive...